MADISON - It’s easy to forget amid the presidential election and a pair of heated congressional races in Wisconsin that most state legislators also are up for election Nov. 8.

To help bring you up to speed on which jobs are at stake and which races are competitive — did you know that 50 state legislator candidates on Nov. 8 ballots are running unopposed? — check out our two maps below.

Our first map looks at the state Assembly, where all 99 jobs will be on Nov. 8 ballots. Forty-two candidates are running unopposed (purple-shaded districts). In seven other races a major-party candidate is facing a third-party candidate (light orange). The remaining 50 races include both Democratic and Republican candidates and in some cases third-party candidates as well (dark orange). Click here for an interactive version.

Our second map looks at the state Senate, where 16 of the chamber’s 33 jobs will be on Nov. 8 ballots. Candidates vying for half of the seats are running unopposed (purple). The rest of the elections include both Democratic and Republican candidates and in one case a third-party candidate as well (dark orange). Also shown are 17 Senate seats not on the ballot until 2018 (gray). Click here for an interactive version.

For some insight into who has the best chance of winning each election, see our interactive maps for which candidates carry the advantages of being an incumbent (i) and how voters split in the nation’s previous presidential election. For example, the Senate seat representing Fond du Lac is considered competitive this year because an incumbent isn’t running and in 2012 the district's voters split evenly between Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee, and Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee.

Republicans currently hold majorities in both chambers of Wisconsin's Legislature, with 63 seats in the Assembly and 19 in the Senate. They are favored to maintain control next year given past voting trends and the number of unopposed candidates this election. Democratic candidates would need pick up three seats in the Senate or 14 seats in the Assembly to end Republican control.